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Memo field hangs report
I have a report that prints client records from a query and the
records include a memo field. Almost all records have something in that memo field and the contents of the field would rarely exceed 1500-2000 characters. We usually print the report for specific date ranges, such as a calendar month. The memo field is used to update status on the customer's project and staff makes individual entries in the field as work progresses. Each entry is date stamped with the date and time and the field might have anywhere from 1 to a dozen separate entries. The problem we're having is that certain records with something in the memo field will hang the report. For example, there are 2 records for October 8 that will not print and 4 records from November 16 that won't print. Any date range that includes those dates hangs with the message "Formatting page..." etc. If I try to print just those days, it hangs. I can print other date ranges in those months or any other month just fine. We've been running this report for years and this problem just cropped up. I can't see anything particularly unusual about the contents of the field in those 6 records (out of 17,000 in the db). Compact and repair doesn't fix it and the query that report runs from does get the records. Paul Fenton |
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Memo field hangs report
I suspect that the contents of the memo field is longer than will fit on a
page. I have had a similar problem with long memos with Can Grow set to Yes Keep Together for a detail section or was it setting the group's keep together property to Whole Group? Sorry, can't exactly recall. I suggest you try experimenting with the settings. What I remember was the program seem to hang when it couldn't fit everything on one page. It seemed to search for a page that would hold all the data I told it I wanted on one page. "Paul Fenton" wrote in message ... I have a report that prints client records from a query and the records include a memo field. Almost all records have something in that memo field and the contents of the field would rarely exceed 1500-2000 characters. We usually print the report for specific date ranges, such as a calendar month. The memo field is used to update status on the customer's project and staff makes individual entries in the field as work progresses. Each entry is date stamped with the date and time and the field might have anywhere from 1 to a dozen separate entries. The problem we're having is that certain records with something in the memo field will hang the report. For example, there are 2 records for October 8 that will not print and 4 records from November 16 that won't print. Any date range that includes those dates hangs with the message "Formatting page..." etc. If I try to print just those days, it hangs. I can print other date ranges in those months or any other month just fine. We've been running this report for years and this problem just cropped up. I can't see anything particularly unusual about the contents of the field in those 6 records (out of 17,000 in the db). Compact and repair doesn't fix it and the query that report runs from does get the records. Paul Fenton |
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Memo field hangs report
John, that's exactly the problem. The text in the memo field in those
records is too much for one page. The memo field is in the detail section of the report and I have Can Grow set to Yes. I'm going to post a new message to see if anyone has a solution. Paul Fenton On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:58:11 -0500, "John Spencer" wrote: I suspect that the contents of the memo field is longer than will fit on a page. I have had a similar problem with long memos with Can Grow set to Yes Keep Together for a detail section or was it setting the group's keep together property to Whole Group? Sorry, can't exactly recall. I suggest you try experimenting with the settings. What I remember was the program seem to hang when it couldn't fit everything on one page. It seemed to search for a page that would hold all the data I told it I wanted on one page. "Paul Fenton" wrote in message .. . I have a report that prints client records from a query and the records include a memo field. Almost all records have something in that memo field and the contents of the field would rarely exceed 1500-2000 characters. We usually print the report for specific date ranges, such as a calendar month. The memo field is used to update status on the customer's project and staff makes individual entries in the field as work progresses. Each entry is date stamped with the date and time and the field might have anywhere from 1 to a dozen separate entries. The problem we're having is that certain records with something in the memo field will hang the report. For example, there are 2 records for October 8 that will not print and 4 records from November 16 that won't print. Any date range that includes those dates hangs with the message "Formatting page..." etc. If I try to print just those days, it hangs. I can print other date ranges in those months or any other month just fine. We've been running this report for years and this problem just cropped up. I can't see anything particularly unusual about the contents of the field in those 6 records (out of 17,000 in the db). Compact and repair doesn't fix it and the query that report runs from does get the records. Paul Fenton |
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